DE L'ISLE, GUILLAUME. 1675-1726.
DE L'ISLE, GUILLAUME. 1675-1726.
Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi. Paris: 1718. Engraved map of the Southern states from Texas to Florida, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, 540 x 740 mm. Some light spotting. Matted and framed.
The first printed map to use the name Texas ("Mission de los Tiejas," established 1716), and a landmark in the history of American mapping. Based on the latest information available from the French explorers moving into the interior of North America, the map incorporates information derived from Cavalier 1687, de Tonty 1702, and St. Denis 1713 and 1716. This map became the basis for many maps that followed, including those by Senex and Covens/Mortier. Cumming The Southeast in Early Maps 170.
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DE L'ISLE, GUILLAUME. 1675-1726.
Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississippi. Paris: 1718. Engraved map of the Southern states from Texas to Florida, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, 540 x 740 mm. Some light spotting. Matted and framed.
The first printed map to use the name Texas ("Mission de los Tiejas," established 1716), and a landmark in the history of American mapping. Based on the latest information available from the French explorers moving into the interior of North America, the map incorporates information derived from Cavalier 1687, de Tonty 1702, and St. Denis 1713 and 1716. This map became the basis for many maps that followed, including those by Senex and Covens/Mortier. Cumming The Southeast in Early Maps 170.
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